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生小牛，下仔
to give birth to a calf
Our cow is expected to calve next week.
我们的母牛预计下周生小牛。
calve
Base
原形
calve
3rd person
第三人称单数
calving
-ing
现在分词
calved
Past
过去式
calved
Past participle
过去分词
Cows calve in spring.
奶牛在春天产犊。
The cow calved last night.
那头牛昨晚产犊了。
The cow is calving now.
那头牛正在产犊。
规则动词
The glacier calved a massive iceberg into the sea.
冰川崩解下一座巨大的冰山落入海中。
The iceberg had calved from the ice shelf days earlier.
那座冰山几天前就从冰架上崩解下来了。
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